atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it.atrax@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareflint5436@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah, but honestly i think both are kinda stupid. we should use something sensible like base 16(easy conversion to binary but better readability) or base 12(easily divisible by 2, 3 and 4).
Yeah, but honestly i think both are kinda stupid. we should use something sensible like base 16(easy conversion to binary but better readability) or base 12(easily divisible by 2, 3 and 4).